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Nehemiah 4:21

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

So we laboured: and half of them held the spears. This is a summary of the main points previously related: "So we continued to work; and one-half of my personal followers continued to keep watch, and to hold the spears" (Nehemiah 4:16).

From the rising of the morning, etc. This is additional, and shows how early the work commenced each morning, and how late it continued.

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